Excel process still running after program completion - SOLVED

[Tal Einat]

On Sep 11, 8:29 pm, Chris <chris.ole... at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sep 11, 1:26 pm, Chris <chris.ole... at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Sep 11, 12:59 pm, "Hamilton, William " <wham... at entergy.com> wrote:
>
> > > > From: Chris
>
> > > > I have a python script that is driving Excel and using the win32com
> > > > module. However, upon program completion there's still an Excel.exe
> > > > process running in the background that I must terminate through Task
> > > > Manager. Reading up on other threads indicate that maybe I still have
> > > > some Excel objects referenced within my code. Is this why the process
> > > > doesn't terminate?
>
> > > > The related (I hope) parts of my code is here.
>
> > > > x1App = Dispatch("Excel.Application")
> > > > Book1 = x1App.Workbooks.Open(ExcelLogPath+"\\outputLog-template.xls")
> > > > x1App.Visible = 1
> > > > for sheets in Book1.Worksheets:
> > > >              if sheets.Name == file_name:
> > > >                       sheetExists = True
> > > > if sheetExists != True:
> > > >              activeSheet =
> > > > Book1.Worksheets.Add(After=Book1.Worksheets(1))
> > > >              activeSheet.Name = file_name
> > > >              testNum[file_name] = 0
> > > > Book1.Worksheets(file_name).Select()
> > > > Book1.ActiveSheet.Cells(1+(testNum[file_name]*20),1).Value = "Original
> > > > File Name"
> > > > Book1.ActiveSheet.Cells(2+(testNum[file_name]*20),1).Value =
> > > > file_name
> > > > Book1.ActiveSheet.Pictures().Insert(output).Select()
> > > > Book1.SaveAs(Filename=path)
> > > > x1App.ActiveWorkbook.Close(SaveChanges=0)
> > > > x1App.Quit()
> > > > del x1App
> > > > del Book1
> > > > del activeSheet
>
> > > > What am I missing?
>
> > > In my Excel projects, I terminate it with:
>
> > > xlBook.Close()
> > > xlApp.Quit()
>
> > > I haven't had a problem with Excel staying open after the program ends.
>
> > > (On a tangent, I want to find the person who thought it was a good idea
> > > to use the same symbol in a font for 1, l, and I and do some unpleasant
> > > things.)
>
> > > --
> > > -Bill Hamilton
>
> > That doesn't really fix the problem as I'm pretty sure its identical
> > code for
> > x1App.ActiveWorkbook.Close(SaveChanges=0)
>
> > I think where my problem lies is within my for each loop where I
> > search to see if the worksheet with the name already exists
> > for sheets in Book1.Worksheets:
> >      if sheets.Name == file_name:
> >            sheetExists = True
>
> > Since I'm assuming that it creates objects for each of the sheets and
> > I don't delete them...
>
> Which I'm right... I added this code and now there's no EXCEL.EXE
> process after my script completes
>
> for sheets in Book1.Worksheets:
>       if sheets.Name == file_name:
>             sheetExists = True
>       sheets = None
>       del sheets

You just need to 'del sheets' once after the loop, no need to do it in
every iteration. After your original loop the 'sheets' variable still
pointed to the last sheet object, probably causing it not to be
properly cleaned up. This is the only thing that your change fixes,
but it is simpler (and more readable) to just do it once after the
loop.

(Please add SOLVED or FIXED to the subject when your issue has been
resolved, so that people like me don't read the whole thread only to
find that their help is no longer needed.)

- Tal